Vol. 13 December 2008 Issue In this issue: Survival Tips for the Holiday Season Notice: Insurance and Holiday Alert Hypnosis: It Can Be Mind Over Matter Holiday Gift Certificates Dr. Tanaka Gave Presentations in Hungary and China Recipe: Hearty Quinoa Salad Comments

By Meera Dossa ND Decadent chocolates. Flowing wine. Mouth-watering desserts. Sound like the typical indulgences of the holiday season? No matter where we turn, it seems that around this time of year, temptation is thrown our way from every angle! And who wouldn’t want to give in? After all, we all deserve to enjoy the [...]

By EeVon Ling ND, CH Since announcing my certification as a hypnotherapist in the last newsletter, there has been a positive response from patients wanting to use this therapy to improve their health and well-being. However, I am sure there are many of you who may know very little about hypnosis and know even less [...]

Meera Dossa ND With flu season looming, many people are faced with the conundrum of whether or not to have the flu shot administered. According to the CCDR (Canada Communicable Disease Report), the influenza season generally occurs between the months of November and April and will infect up to 25% of the Canadian population each [...]

By Tony Ho-Tong, RMT Hopefully everyone is enjoying the warmer months! As we all remember, winter threw us a few storms to end the season. Some of us were even lucky enough to shovel our way out of our homes – some unexpected exercise! Now, along with the increase in temperature outside, also comes increased [...]

By EeVon Ling, ND Growing up as a child, everyday my mother would ask me, “Did you go today?”. As far as my memory goes, I believe my answer was always “yes”. Some days she’d even ask me more details like if it was hard or soft … you get the picture. Of course, I [...]

By Rahel Kay RMT, CR, CYI My name is Rahel. I am a Massage Therapist here at The Pacific Wellness Institute. Recently I became a Yoga instructor because Yoga is a field that I have been passionate about since adolescence. Studying to do so was an incredible journey that I will never forget. Yoga is [...]

We have added a list of special therapies currently available at The Pacific Wellness Institute. Please click on any of the links below for more information. Acupuncture and sound assisted autonomic modulation technique: patient Information Intravenous vitamin therapy Treatment of infertility by acupuncture according to circalunar and cardiac variability rhythms Comprehensive naturopathic tests and analysis [...]

By Meera Dossa BSc, ND Naturopathic physicians have a number of modalities in their “medical arsenals”, in order to help people achieve a sense of well being. One such modality is called parenteral therapy (or more commonly called intravenous therapy), and it will be offered in the form of a Myers’ Cocktail as early as [...]

One of the most convenient and reliable ways to determine body composition is with Bio Impedance Analysis (BIA). Most diets measure success solely by the number of pounds lost. But unlike scale weight, BIA reveals the overall health of a person, as well as the proportion and amount of fat and lean tissue. It can [...]